There were three things that played heavily on the outcome, and the running of the Quick 32 Daily Driver bracket race for 2014. First, it was on a .4 pro tree for the first time, that's pretty tough for a seasoned racer used to a sportsman tree, but for a novice, it's even worse. Second, the tenth is subtracted from your average to come up with your mandatory dial-in to prevent sandbagging, brake lights at the stripe, and double breakouts, but the killer night air at Tulsa negated that attempt and then some, so everyone was holding, even if they didn't know it! Third, night bracket racing on a track with less than stellar lighting, is a completely different experience, and perception at the stripe is definitely compromised.

The first pair out was Scott and his 70 Road Runner, up against the third qualifier in a 10.92 dialed LS powered Corvair. Scott won on a double breakout, with a far better light. He went .16 under to his opponents .29 under attempt to run him down.
When you consider all 32 Cars are dialed between 10.83-11.98, it's really a good show!

John scrubbed off about eight mph to cover the 69 GTO of Chris Mosely with an 11.192 on the Valiant's 11.12 dial.
Ross took his Road Runner to the second round when the number 32 qualifier turned on the red bulb with his 72 Chevelle.
Clark treed his opponent by over two tenths in the first round, then worked the brakes to an 11.73 win.

John was in the first pair for the second round, matched against Jason Pipkin's V-8 powered Mazda RX-7. Jason cut an other worldly .016 tree that welded John and the Valiant to the starting line. The Mazda had bus lengths by the eighth mile, and John just cut him loose at 1100ft, braking to a safe 11.325-100 on his 11.12. Jason had won the first round by backing into his opponent and taking the stripe by a scant .0015, so I guess that left him a little gun shy of the brake pedal in round two, as he screamed across the stripe to a full tenth breakout, 11.39 on an 11.49 dial handing John the win!